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Greenbelt

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Posted: 09:17am 05 Feb 2010

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GIZMO;

The second log in page (TEXT) please wait while being returned to the forum or similar. you could wait til dinner time, Does not work! When; return to forum is clicked on it responds instantly.. NO Bigie. it has not worked for a long time. you could delete the "Wait sentence
if it doesn't affect another part of the system. Roe

Time has proven that I am blind to the Obvious, some of the above may be True?

Gizmo

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Posted: 12:00pm 05 Feb 2010

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Thats a odd one Roe. The page uses a meta tag to redirect to the main forum page after 3 seconds.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;URL=default.asp">

Its a pretty bulletproof way of redirecting to another page after so many seconds. I'll put it down to a browser issue, maybe a security setting, and nothing I can do much about. Like you say, you can click on the button anyway to ge tthe same result.

If you ever get a chance, try logging in on another computer and see if the 3 second delay works properly for you. It would be interesting to see how you go.

Glenn

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Greenbelt

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Posted: 09:09pm 05 Feb 2010

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GIZMO;
you may be right about security settings. I have them set
High, I remember a check box some where that allows a user to block a redirect command and I'm sure I put a check in it? I cannot find it now in firefox. may be in MSE. I don't know if this is related.
Below is a partial page source file May be a clue Here.
No big deal, clicking is easy. Roe

<td align="left" width="71%" class="bold"><img src="forum_images/open_folder_icon.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> <a href="default.asp" target="_self" class="boldLink">Homegrown Power</a> : Forum Login<br /></td>
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<span class="lgText">Successful Login</span><br />

<br /><span class="text">Your login was successful, please wait while you are returned to the Forum<br /><br /><a href="forum_topics.asp?FID=3" target="_self">Return to the Discussion Forum</a></span>
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<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3370160-1");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
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Gizmo

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Posted: 10:56pm 05 Feb 2010

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Hi Roe.

Blocking a redirect would be the problem. Its really just a convience thing on that page to save you clicking the button.

The http-equiv="refresh" meta tag is a handy little thing from a programmers point of view, lets you briefly display one page before redirecting to another page. The meta tags are in the top few lines of code of the page, above that snippet you posted above.

The Java code at the bottom of that snippet is the tracking code used by Google Analytics to track traffic information. I use Google Analytics to see info like what sort of browsers and OS's are used by visistors, what countries most traffic comes from, how did they find the site, etc. Interesting stuff and lets me change the site to suit my visitors.

Glenn

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now.
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Greenbelt

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Posted: 04:19am 06 Feb 2010

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Glen;
Thanks for the Info, I'm now just a little bit smarter than before.Issue resolved.... Roe

Time has proven that I am blind to the Obvious, some of the above may be True?

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